Surenho

I was born in the southern hemisphere and have lived in different countries in Europe for many many years. I speak 4 languages and remember a bit of what I learned of native (precolonial culture) from the country I was born in. Although I was born in a different country, my family is Italian on one side and Palestinian on the other. I feel from nowhere. My take, people crave identity through whatever can give them a sense of legitimacy and belonging. Vikings are just 300 years of romanticised history, but there is certainly rich culture in it. If you find beauty in the themes and traditions of germanic scandinavia or the sápmi then great! I feel attached for no reason to some cultures and traditions because they “make sense” to me in my view of the world and my values. We do not need certificates for that.

I’m surprised by the amount of unfounded and uninformed opinions, whether for or against, that have a lot of upvotes. Then there are people who have been homeschooled, homeschool their kids, or work with homeschooled kids and commented to share information. Those have far less upvotes. Wtf. Listen to other people’s experiences.

Not to be against distinctions and clearly this administration is insane. But I agree with the rest that it is not a one time thing. The imperialism has been there for decades. Chile 73 just to give one.

I back this up. There is a state well studied in animals called hopelessness. Animals of diverse taxa can and will develop depression-related or depression-like behaviours and even self harm, not even necessarily at an old age. The same logic OP uses to question euthanasia is the one we use to understand them and make decisions. We know they will not communicate as humans, and we know we are directly responsible for their (pets) quality of life. This creates the consensus that we have to infer their emotional state and assume them capable of suffering based on their physiology. This (through studying their physiological and behavioural responses) is how we learn for example that dysplasia can be very painful, or that lack of certain standards of care can cause immense suffering. For humans we have the big problem of Christianity, that permeates western notions and confuses morals with ethics, stating that all life is sacred and god intended your suffering for some divine purpose. So much so that suicide was considered a crime and would ban you from heaven. But in more developed places the idea of self requested euthanasia is slowly being better understood. We don’t have a “right” to do so, we have a “responsibility” to give them the best we can provide.